This is one of those positive books about personal story that make you believe in yourself. The story tells about author's professional achievement and gives a lot of useful advice. Sometimes we can be stuck of Dow because of failure and this book will show that failures are learning points, being open to new adventures and possibilities creates more value and introduced more success factors in our lives.

I really enjoyed reading about Michael's life, and how he made it as a diplomat proving that despite setbacks you can achieve success, or at least in this case he did. Someone with a different level of energy may not have done this, because it struck me how much energy he put into everything, his hobbies, his education and career, everything. But this book may well help that energy to manifest in more people? I do not know the answer to that, or if people's circumstances are so dire that they never recover from them? Nevertheless this book is an inspiration to all, and I recommend it wholeheartedly. If only for the unique story of Miclife it is well worth a read.